Bailey Picked For Lisa Leslie Award Watch List

Tar Heel junior Janelle Bailey has been selected as one of 20 top collegiate centers on the 2020 Lisa Leslie Award Watch List, announced Friday by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the WBCA (Women's Basketball Coaches Association). It's the second year in a row that Bailey, a 6-4 center from Charlotte, N.C., has been part of the watch list.

Bailey recently was voted to the 2019-20 Preseason All-Atlantic Coast Conference team, also for the second year in a row. Last season as a sophomore, she was the ACC's top-scoring front court player, averaging 16.7 points and 8.7 rebounds. She earned second-team All-ACC honors and reached 1,000 career points in the season's final game.

New this year to the Lisa Leslie Award process is fan voting. Tar Heel fans can click here to vote for Bailey and help her advance to the next round.

The Lisa Leslie Award list will be narrowed to 10 candidates in mid-February. Five finalists will be announced in March, with the winner recognized at the ESPN College Basketball Awards Show on April 10th. For more on the award click here.

2020 Lisa Leslie Award Candidates*

Bayley Plummer	Appalachian State
Queen Egbo	Baylor
Olivia Nelson-Ododa	Connecticut
Jade Williams	Duke
Kristin Scott	Iowa State
Kayla Cooper-Williams	James Madison
Shakira Austin	Maryland
Beatrice Mompremier	Miami
Elissa Cunane	NC State
Kate Cain	Nebraska
Janelle Bailey	North Carolina
Eleah Parker	Penn
Ae'Rianna Harris	Purdue
Nancy Mulkey	Rice
Aliyah Boston	South Carolina
Maya Dodson	Stanford
Charli Collier	Texas
Ciera Johnson	Texas A&M
Brittany Brewer	Texas Tech
Mariella Fasoula	Vanderbilt

*Players can play their way onto and off of the list at any point in the 2019-20 season

Players Mentioned

Janelle Bailey

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